BRAVE THE DARK, OFFICIAL TRAILER

Based on a true story, ’Brave The Dark’ powerfully portrays the transformation of a 1980s small-town teacher as he is drawn into the mysterious past of a student suddenly arrested outside his classroom. Long sustained by a quiet belief that no student is a lost cause, Stan Deen (Jared Harris, Chernobyl, Mad Men)) discovers the profound and direct impact he can have on another life. But as Stan attempts to figure out how troubled, secretive Nate (Nicholas Hamilton, Captain Fantastic, It) wound up living alone in his car, without any family, their relationship will test his deepest convictions and become a life-changing journey through doubt and betrayal towards trust and redemption. BAFTA winner and Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Harris gives an emotionally rich performance as Stan, the charismatic drama teacher whose dedication to his students transformed the rural New Holland, Pennsylvania community. Yet, Stan has never devoted himself to anything with the determination he brings to the seemingly impossible challenge of reaching Nate and restoring his belief in goodness. Lost, angry, and haunted by fragments of frightening memories that he can’t fully understand, Nate has been dismissed by nearly everyone in the system. It is only Stan’s unexpected kindness, and refusal to give up on him, that finally crack open Nate’s shattering, locked history—as both men find the courage to prove that no one is imprisoned by fate. Damian Harris directs from a screenplay based on the true life of Nathaniel Deen.